Electric boot drier



June 28, 1955 R. c. SCHRAMM ELECTRIC BOOT DRIER Filed Nov. 10, 1952 Rudolph 6. Schramm INVENTOR.

llnited states Patent @iilice 29732351 Patented June 28, 1955 ELEiITRlC B001 DRTER Rudolph Q Schramrn, Tole-do, Qhio Application November 10, 1952, Serial No. 319,772

3 Claims. (6131. 219-43 The present invention relates to new and useful improvements in electric boot driers.

An important object of the invention is to provide an easily portable, light-weight drier embodying an electric heating unit supported centrally in an elongated frame adapted for placing vertically in a boot to subject the entire interior of the leg portion thereof to the drying action of the heating unit.

Another object is to provide a device of this character of simple and practical construction, which is eificient and reliable in operation, relatively inexpensive to manufacture, and otherwise well adapted for the purpose for 1;

which the same is intended.

These together with other objects and advantages which will become subsequently apparent reside in the details of construction and operation as more fully hereinafter described and claimed, reference being had to the accompanying drawings forming a part hereof, wherein like numerals refer to like parts throughout, and in which:

Figure 1 is a perspective view;

Figure 2 is an enlarged sectional view of the electric plug for the heating unit taken on a line 22 of Figure 1, and

Figure 3 is an enlarged transverse sectional view taken on a line 33 of Figure 1.

Referring now to the drawing in detail, wherein for the purpose of illustration 1 have disclosed a preferred embodiment of my invention, the numeral 5 designates a wire frame generally and which is composed of a lower ring 6, an upper ring '7 and a plurality of vertical rods 8 having their ends welded or otherwise suitably secured to the rings. Lower ring 6 is relatively smaller in diameter to taper the frame toward its lower end for closely fitting perpendicularly in the leg portion 9 of a boot to extend substantially from top to bottom thereof.

An upper pair of cross rods 10 are welded to the diametrically opposite sides of upper ring 7 to project inwardly toward the center of the ring and with the inner ends of the rods embedded in an electric plug 13. composed of a block 12 of insulation material having a pair of conductor prongs 13 embedded in the block and projecting upwardly therefrom. Terminals 14 are provided at the lower ends of the prongs for attaching the ends of a resistance coil or electric heating unit 15 thereto.

The resistance coil extends downwardly from plug 11 substantially parallel to rods 3 and through insulator bars 16 supported on pairs of rods 17 which are embedded in the opposite ends of the bars 16 and are welded to adjacent rods 3 to rigidly support the resistance coil perpendicularly and substantially centrally in frame 5.

A wire handle 18 is swingably attached to eyes 19 at diametrically opposite sides of upper ring 7 and is enclosed in a rubber insulation covering 20 and insulation sleeves 21 cover the upper portions of the rods 8 to eliminate any danger of overheating the fabric of the boot as well as to facilitate rotating the frame in the boot for a more even distribution of heat from the coil to increase its drying efficiency.

In the operation of the device, the frame 5 is placed in a boot and plug 11 connected to a suitable electric circuit to heat the coil 15 which thus subjects the interior of the boot to a drying action.

The frame may be used either with or without the heating unit to dry the boot by placing the frame therein to hold the leg portion of the boot open and permit air to circulate therein.

From the foregoing, the construction and operation of the device will be readily understood and further explanation is believed to be unnecessary. However, since numerous modifications and changes will readily occur to those skilled in the art, it is not desired to limit the invention to the exact construction shown and described, and accordingly all suitable modifications and equivalents may be resorted to, falling within the scope of the appended claims.

What is claimed as new is as follows:

1. An electric boot drier comprising a frame composed of an upper ring, a lower ring and a plurality of vertical rods connected to the rings, insulators supported transversely of the frame by said rods, a heating unit supported in a vertical position in the frame by said insulators, an electric connector for the heating unit supported at the top of the frame, insulation sleeves on the rods adapted to space the frame centrally inside a boot, and a handle at the top of the frame for turning the latter in the boot.

2. An electric boot drier for vertical insertion in a boot comprising an upper ring and a lower ring and a plurality of vertical rods extending therebetween defining a frame for maintaining a boot to be dried in an open vertical position, insulators transversely supported in the frame by saiu rods, and a heating unit including an accessible electric connector supported by said insulators within said frame in a vertical and spaced relation relative to the vertical rods of said frame, said lower ring being of a smaller diameter than the upper ring for permitting ready insertion of said drier Within a boot to be dried.

3. An electric boot drier for vertical insertion in a boot comprising an upper ring and a lower ring and a plurality of vertical rods extending therebetween defining a frame for maintaining a boot to be dried in an open vertical position, insulators transversely supported in the frame by said rods, a heating unit including an accessible electric connector supported by said insulators within said frame in a vertical and spaced relation relative to the vertical rods of said frame, and vertical insulators on said vertical rods for contacting the inner surfaces of a leg portion of a boot to be dried.

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